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Intro to Watsonopolis

There was one who once said crazy things like, give your possessions to the poor, let your light shine, go to the ends of the earth, love God, love your neighbor, serve, pray, die and live. Those words, the words of Jesus, have gripped and shaped our lives.

Because of Jesus’ life, challenge and love we are propelled into an amazing life journey; a journey that most often finds us pitching our tent among the poor and those on the margins of our world, serving, living, teaching, learning and loving there.

Photos & Images > Indonesia April / May 2008

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Mass Grave
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The tsunami wave placed this boat on top of these houses. The community has left the boat where it landed and are building a local memorial next to the houses.
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Making bricks the old fashioned way. Clay and dirt. They form them before firing them in the kiln.
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Local cafe that roasts this stuff. An amazing smell.
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local village shop. this chap was making us a fresh cup of Sumatra's finest.
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One of the houses that the NGO we were visiting with built.
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Translation:
Mass Grave for Tsunami Victims
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City of Takengon on the banks of Lake Luat Tawar.
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Flying out of Medan on the smallest plane Watson's ever been on.
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These ladies belong to a local farming co-op that is providing the poor with a way out of poverty.
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